Word: elementally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unfortunately true before the war that the percentage of students interested in public affairs was low in nearly all colleges and that more often than not the element that talked loudest and therefore got control of college political or international clubs was the least representative...
...institution that presumably desires to cultivate the arts. Perhaps it would be if the library possessed unlimited funds and space. Possessing neither to any great degree, the problem becomes one of choosing certain books which shall be of undoubted lasting value. Obviously modern fiction is a questionable element in building up a permanent library...
...disaster--but not so sad as the ravage of 1914, for it is an accident lacking the element of intention. But accidents may breathe with the breath of Nemesis, and whether there be intention or not, the Oppau calamity is a part of the history of the war. For who are those that the seeking out the bodies of the dead among the ruins today? They are French soldiers, and it is the French officers who will investigate the causes of the explosion. --The Boston Transcript...
...minority of our population that they undertake to censure Admiral Sims for his recent speech in London, by revoking his leave of absence, and demanding an explanation of his statements. Granted that his remarks were a trifle indiscreet, and that they offered offense to a certain racial and political element in this country; what of it? Admiral Sims was speaking as a private citizen, advancing his own ideas on the matter, and it is inconceivable that the Navy Department should punish him for so doing. If his words had disrupted official relations between England and America. It would have been...
...compulsory element would have, of course, its objections. It it conceivable that it might lead to a hearty dislike and open hostility for the non-academic life of the college. Activities might become work under such a regime. But it would seem, nevertheless, that this requirement should rest lightly upon the shoulders of every desirable student, and appear as a burden only to those undergraduates whose presence is of doubtful value under any circumstances...